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The ideas shown in this program have inspired many people to want to help make the world a better place. May it continue to do so and maybe some day we can say with conviction the words of Gene Roddenberry,

“In the 24th century there will be no hunger, there will be no greed, and all the children will know how to read.”

Message relayed from our Surgeon General who is currently in India participating in a pro bono public health activity.

Dear STARFLEET Medical Corps Peers:

Greetings!

Quick Update (II)

It’s hot and humid here: above 31 deg C on 8/14/2016. I’m so used to the A/C in my office in DC and my home. (The hotel, here, is just fine.)

I’m teaching and doing a lot of public health consultations. We have more Indian students in our MPH degree program…about 45 students and 1/3 of these are Indian with the balance from Afghanistan. They are very appreciative and respectful of me….something I do not get in US where I work. My friend, the public health school founder and provost, arrives in the city on 8/18…I will talk with him about 10-d [Sat and Sun + 5 day week + Sat and Sun], Community Health and Culture course geared to bring together young Indian and International (US, other countries) students and recent grads in Jodhpur. Bringing young people together to help work toward a healthier and peaceful world via public health is a good venture.

My teaching consumes my days in this on-campus/off-campus program….very similar to one at the University of Michigan’s public health school. The water-related diseases caused by vectors include malaria, dengue, onchocerciasis, yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis, etc. This is what I’ll be working on later in the week. I wonder if this is a small presentation which some of our peers would be interested in learning about at our next Medical Corps meeting in Florida in 2017….just something I’m thinking about.